MOBILE, Alabama — A 26-year-old woman on Wednesday was transported by helicopter from the cruise ship Carnival Elation approximately 250 miles south of Mobile Bay in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The woman, a passenger aboard the ship, reportedly experienced kidney failure, according to a Coast Guard news release. Watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District command center received a maritime satellite call from the crew of the Carnival Elation at 5:13 p.m. Wednesday and directed the launch of a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew.

The aircrew arrived on scene at 10:21 p.m. and transported the woman to ATC Mobile, where emergency medical personnel took her to Providence Hospital, the release states.